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Microsoft Azure continues to gain ground on AWS, the world’s largest public cloud computing provider.

Synergy Research Group recently debuted data indicating that Azure now holds 23% market share worldwide. That compares to an average of 21% across the four quarters preceding the fourth quarter of 2022. AWS, meanwhile, has remained within its market share band of 32-34%, analysts found.

Google Cloud still ranks as the smallest of the Big 3 hyperscalers. Its market share stands at 11%, according to Synergy, although that marks a percentage point higher than a year ago.

Globally, Azure, AWS and Google claim 66% of the public cloud computing market, up from 63% a year ago.

A couple of research firms over the past couple years have pegged Azure as either larger than AWS or on the verge of rapidly overtaking the giant.